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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
BASQUE CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Executive Committee held on Monday, September 20th, 1937, in Room 16, Friends' House, Euston Road, London, N.W. 1, at 2.30 p.m.
PRESENT:
The Duchess of Atholl, M.P. (in the Chair)
Canon Craven (Crusade of Rescue)
Colonel Gordon (Salvation Army)
Mr. Harries (T.U.C.)
Captain Macnamara, M.P,
Mrs. Leah Manning
Dr. H.B. Morgan
Mr. Wilfrid Roberts. M.P.
Miss Mary Sutherland (Labour Party)
Miss Todd
Mr. Morgan (Save the Children Fund)
Mr. Duncan Jones (ex officio)
Miss McDiarmid :: ::
Mrs. Miller :: ::
Mrs. Reynolds :: ::
Miss Frida Stewart :: ::
1. Minutes:
The Minutes of the meeting of August 31st, having been circulated, were taken as read, and signed, subject to the following corrections:
(i) p.3. line 3: a redundant 'a' was struck out;
(ii) last page: for "bad propaganda" substitute, "hostile propaganda".
2 . APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE :
Were received from:
Miss Pye
Lieut.-Commissioner Barnett.
3. BUSINESS ARISING ON THE MINUTES: None.
4. CORRESPONDENCE: None.
5. REPATRIATION: It was recalled that at the last meeting it had been decided to send a delegation to Bilbao to investigate requests for repatriation. Mrs. Miller reported that the Foreign Office had been requested to facilitate such a visit but no reply had been received so far from the Franco authorities as to whether they would receive a delegation.

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PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
BASQUE CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Executive Committee held on Monday, September 20th, 1937, in Room 16, Friends' House, Euston Road, London, N.W. 1, at 2.30 p.m.
PRESENT:
The Duchess of Atholl, M.P. (in the Chair)
Canon Craven (Crusade of Rescue)
Colonel Gordon (Salvation Army)
Mr. Harries (T.U.C.)
Captain Macnamara, M.P,
Mrs. Leah Manning
Dr. H.B. Morgan
Mr. Wilfrid Roberts. M.P.
Miss Mary Sutherland (Labour Party)
Miss Todd
Mr. Morgan (Save the Children Fund)
Mr. Duncan Jones (ex officio)
Miss McDiarmid :: ::
Mrs. Miller :: ::
Mrs. Reynolds :: ::
Miss Frida Stewart :: ::
1. Minutes:
The Minutes of the meeting of August 31st, having been circulated, were taken as read, and signed, subject to the following corrections:
(i) p.3. line 3: a redundant 'a' was struck out;
(ii) last page: for "bad propaganda" substitute, "hostile propaganda".
2 . APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE :
Were received from:
Miss Pye
Lieut.-Commissioner Barnett.
3. BUSINESS ARISING ON THE MINUTES: None.
4. CORRESPONDENCE: None.
5. REPATRIATION: It was recalled that at the last meeting it had been decided to send a delegation to Bilbao to investigate requests for repatriation. Mrs. Miller reported that the Foreign Office had been requested to facilitate such a visit but no reply had been received so far from the Franco authorities as to whether they would receive a delegation.